Despite the rousing success he experienced with KS. Unfortunately, his reunion with Puppey bore little fruit, as the Estonian player signed a deal with the top-tier Natus Vincere in KuroKy was left with a tough decision to make: quit playing professionally given his waning interest in the game, or soldier on and go for broke one more time. They made the call to then make the jump to Dota 2, which had gone into closed beta at the time with the first ever International looming over the horizon.
Playing under the GosuGamers. Their finishing position below the top eight also meant that they won no prize money at all. Though the result was less than desirable for the fiery competitor, he kept at it after TI1 — playing for several stacks until finally signing with Virtus.
In an ironic twist, however, VP were stopped in the next round by mousesports, the same organization that KuroKy himself played under in his DotA Allstars days. Despite their best efforts to rally in the lower bracket of the qualifiers, they were quickly eliminated by all-Russian roster zNation. Moreover, it was announced that the entirety of the Malaysia-based MUFC lineup would not make it to the tournament given visa issues of their own. Sadly, he and the rest of mouz suffered the same fate that GosuGamers did in the year prior.
Nevertheless, KuroKy did as KuroKy is known to do, and remained with mouz until He and the rest of the lineup smashed their way through the group stage in Benaroya Hall, scoring 11 wins and just three losses on their way to the main event upper bracket.
The upper bracket grand final was the first clash between them and Alliance at the event, and many were excited to see the two undisputed best teams go head to head before the Grand Finals. The two sides exchanged blows up until the fifth game, which has gone down in history as the greatest single game of Dota 2 ever played — and not just at The International.
Though KuroKy and his teammates played their hearts out and then some , Alliance just proved to be too crafty and too on point for them to handle. He and the team continued to place well in certain events in the waning months of , but there was a noticeable decline in their performances as a whole in They bagged gold medals at StarLadder in January and the Dota 2 Champions League in April, but experienced relatively disappointing results in other important tournaments throughout the season.
True enough, they struggled to replicate their success from previous years, breaking more or less even in the group stage with an record and finishing 7th-8th at the main event. By and large, it was a terrible year for KuroKy, which prompted him to seek greener pastures elsewhere.
He left the team in shortly after TI. For the first time in years, KuroKy played carry for this lineup instead of his usual support role. The name was reversed shortly after, and the Team Secret that fans know and love today was born. The newly-christened squad was slow out of the gates, however, and soon found themselves swapping members out just five months after their formation. TI5 would be the last time KuroKy and Puppey would play on the same team together. Photo courtesy Valve. Team Secret 2.
Their stellar performances were more than enough for Valve to invite Secret to the fifth International, marking the fifth straight appearance at the event for both Puppey and KuroKy. But internal issues and an overall demoralizing environment within the squad took their toll in the main event, and Secret choked away their shot at the Aegis of Champions in The GD B-Team.
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Contact Us Send an email Chat with us Contact. This page was last edited on 21 September , at Licenses for other media varies. BA 2nd. A0 Tier 1. Although there was some disappointment in the lacking performances of the equal MYM and Fnatic teams, KuroKy enticed himself with the drastically underrated Chinese teams that swept away all European competition and left FTD standing after a furious tournament.
It was my decision, most of you probably won't believe it but I decided to leave MYM 2 weeks ago, but I didn't tell them since I didn't want to bring the team down. I have other plans, other goals in the game and I feel I need to go back to my roots, and make a new team.
I think most of you won't understand it, but it's very needed for me to grow more as a player. Both parties agreed on this, no hard feelings, we love each other and they will NOT disband, so no worries haha. News Featured News. Dota 2 General General. Roster Shuffle Megathread Looking for a team! Official Off-Topic General Discussion. Strategy Dota 2 Strategy Forum Guidelines. Community General.
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